Gunung Rara Forest Reserve Explained

Gunung Rara Forest Reserve is a rainforest area in Tawau Division, Sabah, Malaysia.[1] Borneo elephants probably were killed in a concession area of Yayasan Sabah in the reserve.[2] [3] The concession was originally intended to be managed into perpetuity for the benefit of all Sabahans but was instead largely decimated by overharvesting.[4] The reserve sits between Danum Valley and Maliau Basin Conservation areas.[5] There are palm oil plantations in the reserve.[6] The rainforests in Sabah are endangered by palm oil plantations.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Survey of the Mammalian Fauna of the Gunung Rara Forest Reserve Tawau Sabah. borneoscience.ums.edu.my. August 2011. 27 June 2023.
  2. Web site: Sabah Authorities Considers Reward for Information on Dead Elephants – Lipstiq.com.
  3. Web site: Poison suspected in pygmy elephant deaths.
  4. Web site: Conservation news - Environmental science and conservation news.
  5. Web site: 'No more jumbo carcasses' - General - New Straits Times. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130202011054/http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/no-more-jumbo-carcasses-1.211639. 2013-02-02.
  6. Web site: 14th endangered Borneo elephant found dead in forest reserve - CBS News. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130131133742/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57566822/14th-endangered-borneo-elephant-found-dead-in-forest-reserve/. 2013-01-31. CBS News.
  7. Web site: Op-Ed: Malaysia sacrifices its rare pygmy elephants for palm oil. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130209182424/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/342755. 2013-02-09.

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